Truth or Myth

[first_time_mummy]

Ive heard it said a fair bit, that if all the baby weight sits at the front on your tummy, its a sign its a boy, and if it sits everywhere...(ie- thighs, waist, lower back etc) its a good sign of a girl.

My mum said she went by this, on guessing the genders of 5 of her 6 kids...
Im not calling her a liar lol, but i was wondering if anyone also thinks this to be true, could it be hereditary, if my mum could tell boy from girl, could I?

[M22]

i dont reckon- i think some women just "know" others dont. FWIW i'm carrying the same and it's a different sex.

i also though o'ed and dtd on the same day and got a girl!! so who knows really??

you mum was a very lucky women!!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i think its a myth.

U have a 1 in 2 chance of picking the right gender. Its not rocket science. Its a good myth tho... one that will be around for centuries i think.

FYI - my belly was very out front and very high. N most of my weight went straight to my tummy. I had a girl.

[Arimeh]

Bwahahaha nah I think its complete crap - you'll carry the baby the way that your body carries it - not by what genitals the baby has

[first_time_mummy]

Bwahahaha nah I think its complete crap - you'll carry the baby the way that your body carries it - not by what genitals the baby has

yeah thats what i though, surely your body doesnt know to carry each gender differenntly just because of that one different tiny thing between them...

I feel as though it a boy, and my DP thinks and hopes a girl. we have a 100 buck bet going.

I really feel like its a boy, i dont know what it is, but i just feel it. Not sure whether it might just be that i got carried away buying clothes, and a lot or most of them are blue... lol (silly me)

[Arimeh]

The only "myth" that was successful in predicting both sexes of my bubs was the ring test - so give that a go

[Inertia]

Usually I am pretty good at just knowing. I was completely off this time, but it was more my paranoia speaking this time round.

This one has been up and down like a bouncy ball. I'll be carrying high for days, and then it looks like I have dropped until sometime later when she is up under my ribs again.

[visitor1]

I was always told i was carrying a girl with DD1 as all my weight was gained on my butt and thighs....sure enough i did have a girl....and gained 18kg

With DD2 ans DS i never gained much wait at all (7-8kg) so you never really could tell

[smiles4u]

I was absolutely ALL front (and NOT sides) ... I carried high almost to the end ... and i only put on 8.5kilo's ... and i had a GIRL

[Taurean]

My sister carried heavily with both her pregnancies (put on approx 20kgs each time) and both were boys.

On the flipside, a close friend had very neat, basketball type bumps with both her pregnancies and you could hardly tell she was pregnant from behind and both were girls.

I don't believe in any of the myths now and I'm quick to tell people that when they tell me 'oh you're definitely having a.....' based on my size, shape, skin condition, cravings, etc. They just make me laugh!

[NaeNae]

FTM - With Niki, I got a bump belly very early on it was very forward and high sitting. I did also put weight on in other places but I was more out front and I had a girl. Everyone who saw me guessed it was a girl.

This time I am not as big and seem to be spreading out more than forward - will let you know what I am having when I find out.

[kawazuki]

i was all infront ang high and it was a GIRL
i also popped very early with DD

same as this one really hope this si a girl lol

[*LovemyKids*]

With the boys i was really wide in the tummy but with abbie i was all out the front. I craved different things, and in general it was a totally different pregnancy. I don't believe in all those myths but i have to say the ring test did get it right everytime LOL
Nikki

[~Serenity~]

I had the big tummy for my boys and the big tummy and big everything else too for my girl my last boy I actually lost 10 so made up for girls of this time I'm already put on 3-5kg do hoping for a girl

[Lolli]

Myth.I'm much further out this time then I was with ds, no weight on bum or thighs as yet.

I reckon the chinese baby chart is pretty spot on for gender prediction generally.

[first_time_mummy]

yeah i did the ring test last night, and DP held it over my tummy, and the ring seemed to do very slight circles, but it was really hard to tell, as the actual ring itself was twirling around.

It sorta leant towards a girl DP reakons, however the chinese calender indicates ill have a boy...

hmm, only time will tell i guess

[Lolli]

Hun you don't happen to have a crystal pendulum do you? I forgot about it till just now, but they are very accurate for gender prediction (as well as a whole lot of other things- i really should get mine out and have a play, it's been a while...)

[first_time_mummy]

um...nope, i dont have a crystal pendulum...